LEADER 04522nam 22006375 450 001 9910457986103321 005 20210312212022.0 010 $a1-282-96487-9 010 $a9786612964879 010 $a1-4008-3775-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837755 035 $a(CKB)2560000000049179 035 $a(EBL)664568 035 $a(OCoLC)707067728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303512 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10573497 035 $a(PQKB)10874826 035 $a(DE-B1597)446549 035 $a(OCoLC)979624022 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664568 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000049179 100 $a20190708d2010 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDisarmed $eThe Missing Movement for Gun Control in America /$fKristin A. Goss 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 0 $aPrinceton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ;$v120 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13832-X 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Figures --$tList of Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$tCHAPTER ONE. The Gun Control (Participation) Paradox --$tCHAPTER TWO. A Movement in Theory --$tCHAPTER THREE. Socializing Costs: Patronage and Political Participation --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Personalizing Benefits: Issue Frames and Political Participation --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Changing the Calculation: Policy Incrementalism and Political Participation --$tCHAPTER SIX. Mobilizing around Modest Measures: Three Cases --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Politics, Participation, and Public Goods --$tAppendix A: Gun-Related Trends --$tAppendix B: Brief Case Studies of Other Social-Reform Movements --$tAppendix C: Survey of Million Mom March Participants --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aMore than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls on firearms. Yet they have never mounted a true national movement for gun control. Why? Disarmed unravels this paradox. Based on historical archives, interviews, and original survey evidence, Kristin Goss suggests that the gun control campaign has been stymied by a combination of factors, including the inability to secure patronage resources, the difficulties in articulating a message that would resonate with supporters, and strategic decisions made in the name of effective policy. The power of the so-called gun lobby has played an important role in hobbling the gun-control campaign, but that is not the entire story. Instead of pursuing a strategy of incremental change on the local and state levels, gun control advocates have sought national policies. Some 40% of state gun control laws predate the 1970's, and the gun lobby has systematically weakened even these longstanding restrictions. A compelling and engagingly written look at one of America's most divisive political issues, Disarmed illuminates the organizational, historical, and policy-related factors that constrain mass mobilization, and brings into sharp relief the agonizing dilemmas faced by advocates of gun control and other issues in the United States. 410 0$aPrinceton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives 606 $aFirearms and crime -- United States -- Prevention 606 $aGun control -- United States 606 $aViolent crimes -- United States -- Prevention 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aFirearms and crime -- United States -- Prevention. 615 4$aGun control -- United States. 615 4$aViolent crimes -- United States -- Prevention. 676 $a363.330973 700 $aGoss$b Kristin A.$01036977 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457986103321 996 $aDisarmed$92457629 997 $aUNINA